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Ivan Kirigin

Personal blog · giantrobotlasers.combusinessweb

Ivan Kirigin writes Tumblr, a personal blog at giantrobotlasers.com about business and web. Since 2009, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 22 times, most often “I’m doing a new startup”. The last post was in 2014, but the archive is still widely read.

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22mentions?
6HN people?
2009–2015first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 9 in 2009

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog for a Napoleon quote on the matter of hiring, cited in a thread about not hiring 0x engineers. The one comment gives no judgment of the writing itself.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

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Most-linked posts?

  1. I’m doing a new startup
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-07-09

What Hacker News says?

  1. Or Napoleon's take on the matter: http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/2486135590/someone-once-ask...

    Comment linking /post/2486135590/someone-once-asked-napoleon-how-he-decided-where

    on “Just Don't Hire 0x Engineers”
  2. Submitted This is a bit f'd, Quora as a story · 827 points

    HN discussion
  3. I wrote up my ideal Dropbox configuration: http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/684259169/the-ideal-desktop... I'm told the symlinks should go in opposite directions, but generally this setup is very clean.

    Comment linking /post/684259169/the-ideal-desktop-and-dropbox-configuration-i

    on “Ask HN: Share a gem. Teach me and you.”
  4. Submitted Bill Hicks's Principles of Comedy as a story · 57 points

    HN discussion
  5. Yes on both http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/26853484573/im-doing-a-new-... Want to grab a beer tonight?

    Comment linking /post/26853484573/im-doing-a-new-startup

    on “AngelList Docs - Close your round online”
  6. Submitted FB vs Foursquare as a story · 28 points

    HN discussion
  7. I made the koolaide dude without really thinking about what I was getting into at first. http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/437605692/i-made-the-koolai...

    Comment linking /post/437605692/i-made-the-koolaide-dude-almost-by-accident-using

    on “This is amazing. HTML5. No Flash. No Java. Works on iPhone.”
  8. Submitted FreeRice: Hack a site to feed the world as a story · 21 points

    HN discussion
  9. It is so much easier than that. http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/973558561/im-mayor-of-faceb... 58 23 * * * curl -u CELL:PASS http://api.foursquare.com/v1/checkin.json -d vid=VENUE

    Comment linking /post/973558561/im-mayor-of-facebook-on-foursquare-i-got-it-by

    on “Gaming Foursquare with 9 lines of Perl”
  10. Submitted The insanity of defense spending, and a lesson about policy illiteracy as a story · 14 points

    HN discussion
  11. http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/176847959/bill-hickss-princ...

    Comment linking /post/176847959/bill-hickss-principles-of-comedy-1-if-you-can

    on “Ask HN: Any tips on giving speeches?”
  12. Submitted I'm running an experiment with Facebook Ads for my Tumblog as a story · 12 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted A message from my .LY registrar regarding the unrest in Libya as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted How Americans get to work as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted Amazon integrates Facebook connect as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted My ideal desktop and dropbox configuration as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted I’m doing a new startup as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted Things Ping Should Do as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted The World’s Most Important 6 Second Drum Beat as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  20. Submitted How to do market analysis on twitter in 5 minutes as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  21. Submitted Securilicious as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  22. Submitted Push yourself to learn as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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